Woman mauled by chimp reveals her new face
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HARTFORD, Conn. — The new face of a woman who was mauled by a chimpanzee two years ago was revealed for the first time Thursday in photos showing a startling transformation.
The pictures of Charla Nash were first shown on NBC’s Today show and in Hearst Connecticut Newspapers on Thursday morning. They were later released by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where she had face-transplant surgery in May.
Nash, 57, didn’t appear on Today because relatives said she was too weak to do an interview. In a statement released by the hospital, Nash thanked all the doctors, nurses and other medical experts who helped her.
“I will now be able to do things I once took for granted,” Nash said in the statement. “I will be able to smell. I will be able to eat normally. I will no longer be disfigured. I will have lips and will speak clearly once again. I will be able to kiss and hug loved ones. I am tremendously grateful to the donor and her family.”
The show aired footage of Nash in a hospital bed, nodding to visitors, her face smooth and features appearing nearly normal. Today also reported Nash was able to eat eggs with cream cheese after the transplant — the first solid food she’s had since the attack.
Nash, now living in a Boston-area nursing home, was attacked in February 2009 by a neighbour’s 200-pound pet chimpanzee, which went berserk after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into her house in Stamford, Conn. The animal, named Travis, ripped off Nash’s nose, lips, eyelids and hands before being shot to death by police. Nash was left with no eyes and only a small opening where her mouth once was.
— The Associated Press